A newbie

[Brenden]

Hi guys, Thought I 'd introduce myself... I'm a retired Merchant Marine engineer... I know you guys have a merchant marine academy up there in Maine. Sailed with a bunch of Mainers.
I now live in the hills of Arkansas on a big lake. Originally from CA.
Couldn't take the rat race out there any more...
Just bought a 1921 Sturgeon bay tug boat from my neighbor.
Going to need some hull calking and a repaint.
Do I need to get all the old red lead off the hull to repaint it.
I have water blasted it and got all the loose paint off....
Tried to attach a picture but to big a file. If you want a picture
let me know........ Thanks , Brenden

[Thorne]

Welcome to the Forum!

Any idea when the boat was last wooded and painted? If the red lead is easy to remove, I'd be tempted to do so and replace it with more, but the stuff is hard to find and expensive these days -- plus you have to deal with the paint waste. But I have zero experience with large boat like yours.

Lets see what the more experienced folks say about it.

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